About Jay Bird
Author, Teacher, Creator

 

Jay Bird is the pseudonym for Kareana Jensen

She lives in Hervey Bay, Queensland & works as a Secondary English Teacher

Kareana has been teaching for over 23 years 

She has a passion for helping students who are reluctant to read connect with the magic of books.

Working with intervention English students installed a strong motivation in Kareana to bring back books and create texts that build confidence, fluency and reading success. 

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When Jay Bird is not writing, or hanging with family, she runs, hikes, reads and creates beautiful light features made of crystals, lights and wood under the name, Jay Bird Creator. 

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She has composed music for children and schools and you can find some of her work on YouTube under KJ Compositions. 

The worst song she ever wrote, Dinosaurs Lived Long Ago, has nineteen million views.

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Jay Bird likes to travel to interesting places and soon she will pack up her van and travel to regional areas to work with young readers and writers.​